Interesting fact ww2
 

Interesting fact ww2
Sorry one of me buddies posted this at our sq forum.

More US servicemen died in the Air Corps than the Marine Corps. While completing the required 30 missions, your chance of being killed was 71%.

And I thought the german submariners had it bad

http://wilk4.com/humor/humorm175.htm

Yeah twas all them daylight raids over Europe from the UK that bumped that figure up

Best book on the subject is.....

The Mighty Eighth
By Roger A. Freeman
ISBN 1854095315

Can I also suggest: Target Berlin:Mission 250:6th March 1944.
Greenhill Military Paperback
Jeffrey Ethell and Alfred Price

An amazing story about an incredible daylight raid told both by the US airmen and the Luftwaffe pilots who intercepted them, as well as the civilians on the ground.

It's a subject dear to my heart as I was on the crew of the Sally B (an English owned B17 bomber) for a number of years.

71% seems a little high for 8th Air Force
 

I believe, in order of loss rate, for those services in direct combat, it is:

German submariners
RAF Bomber Command aircrew
8th Air Force aircrew
Japanese Kamikaze force

It must be said these are losses among relatively small elite forces, exposed directly in combat.

The Kamikaze number is lower because many aircraft failed to find targets, aborted due to engine failure, they started later in the war, lack of fuel, and many were held back for home island defense. It was not from lack of trying.

US Army Infantry units had higher casualty rates then Marine infantry, due to being in combat for much longer periods of time. Marine units expirienced shorter, intense assualt actions in the main. The US 34th Division (National Guard) spent more time in combat than any other, and, as a result, had more casualties (well over 100%) than any US Division. The 34th was almost continuously in the line from November 42 to May 45.

Actually the best book on the subject is Contrails of the Big Square A. That's if you can find it and if you can are you willing to pay $300.00 for it. Anyway, it is true. My Uncle's first and last flight in a B17 was over Kiel Germany, June 13th 1943. He was going after the sub pens. The FW190 made his B17 explode. He was the tailgunner and I suspect was dead from cannon fire off the FW190 before this happened. At least Capt Rawlinsons account of the B-17 Klo-Kay said he believed this to be true as cannon fire was hitting the armor plating behind his seat. Capt Rawlinson was the pilot and only survivor of this action on the Klo-Kay.

War
 

AVG
Sorry to hear of your loss, and the unfulfilled life of your uncle.
I just finished reading "War of the World" by N Furgerson; it is the best book on WWII I have ever read.
Why can't we stop this madness?

It's because countries act the same way people do with there neigbour's. Most fights are started because of desputes over fences (borders), kids (citizens) and pets (naterial wildlife and resources).

It will always be, just hope it never gets to the same scale as WWI and WWII